Catherine Opie Quotes

I want to seduce my viewers and be able to hold them with the work. Much of that is done in terms of formalist ideas that I bring to the work.

Catherine Opie

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WorkIdeasDoneWantBringHold

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

John Locke

PassionMenTemptationErrorMost

I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, which was a reserved occupation, so he didn't have to enlist. My mother was a housewife. She worked in a bank before marrying my father.

Robert Powell

FatherMotherBornSheBankDays

There are songs where no matter how much you know you shouldn't - like the Ying Yang Twins' 'Shake' - I'll be in a dress, and I'll krump to it. It's horrible!

Anna Chlumsky

DressYouKnowMatterTwinsWhere

When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.

Angus Young

PeopleDoingBackPersonBarClub

If I ever come back and coach, I'm never huddling again!

Jon Gruden

BackNeverCoachComeAgainEver

I used to be a hairdresser.

Dee Dee Ramone

UsedHairdresser

When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.'

Clemence Poesy

MomentMeThoughtEnjoyGoingClear

The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

Bobbie Ann Mason

FamilyPeopleSmallFarmDying

For me, drag is all about making people happy and entertaining.

Aquaria

HappyPeopleMeDragEntertaining

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.

Anthony Kiedis

TimeBalanceHappyMeBetterYou

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

Aung San Suu Kyi

FreedomTimeFreeFaceThoughtLong

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.

Susan Orlean

StoryGeniusFeelingOriginalAlong

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